Show SABBATH DAY OF REST AND WORSHIP at the time moses vas vial riven given the ten commandments the sabbath day was lie the sei anth day of the week one ODO of the feast das after he had received the commandment commandments the tile sabbath day nas as observed as a lay day of rest and vi worship it u as to this an clint jewish sabbath that the 1110 fourth commandment referred the association of sunday with the true rue sabbath and its dc dei clop ment as a day of rest came about with the dawn of christianity frum the be gilding nitina christians commemorated the first day of the tile week as insurrection resurrection day or I 1 lords ord a day there docs does not seem u to be any evidence that the first day was originally intended as a substitute for the jewish sabbath in fact roost most of the carly christians christian observed both the sabbath and the lord a e day the tendency to observe the first day of the cek eck was confirmed by the roman emperor constantine Constant lne in A do D ft vi lien lie issued the civil decree that all the judges and townspeople and the occupation of all traders should I 1 rest on the venerable day of ho the cun sun As time pared pas cd and find the christian church grew in strength tile he majority of them paid less les atten tion to the sabbath day and more to tho the lords day until it finally sup planted the sabbath many blany took the position that the first day of the week had divine sanction and that the fourth commandment was ap op to it instead of to the scrip tural ural sabbath of the hebrews |